Overview

• Cristopher Sánchez limited New York to one run over six innings, allowing four hits with six strikeouts at Citizens Bank Park.
• Clay Holmes lasted only four innings and was charged with four earned runs after a shaky start that included two hit batters and three walks.
• Reliever Gregory Soto allowed an inherited runner to score in the fifth and unraveled in the sixth as Philadelphia’s four-run rally broke the game open.
• Juan Soto hit his 39th homer in the eighth, but the Mets’ lineup was largely quiet following a brief fourth-inning push.
• Despite the defeat and a five-game skid, the Mets (76-70) kept at least a two-game Wild Card lead thanks to a Giants loss, with the Reds and Diamondbacks closing and 16 games remaining.